Rubber band gun



Dec. 26, 1950 w. L. BOZARTH 2,535,891

RUBBER BAND GUN Filed Oct. 15, 1948 2a /4 v F1 3 2o Fig. 4.

Walter L. Bozarfh INVENTOR.

BY cum M15. javz Patented Dec. 26, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE RUBBER BAND GUN Walter L. Bozarth, Modesto, Calif.

Application October 15, 1948, Serial No. 54,762

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a toy gun for shooting rubber bands and has for its primary object to render it extremely easy for a child toload and shoot the rubber bands.

Another object of the invention is to provide a rubber band gun which is easily and readily assembled for use and economical in construction.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide a rubber band gun which includes a novel mechanism for releasably retaining the rubber band on the barrel of the gun.

These, together with various ancillary objects and features of the invention which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by the device, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated by way of example only in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the gun;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2; and

Figure 4 is a group assembly view in perspective of the keeper and the means for releasably retaining the keeper on the barrel and on the trigger.

Specific reference is now made to the drawings. In the several views in the accompanying drawings and in the following specification reference characters indicate corresponding elements throughout.

Indicated at In is a gun constructed preferably of wood or plastic having a handle portion l2, a barrel portion l4 and an integral flexible trigger I6. Adjacent the handle, the barrel is provided with a socket l8 which is communicative with a vertical bore 20 extending through the barrel. The front of the barrel is preferably notched as at 22.

Seated in the socket is a hollow cup-shaped keeper 24. Entrained on the keeper and the notch 22 is a stretched or taut rubber band 26 which is to be shot from the gun. The keeper includes an aperture 28 at its bottom communicative with the bore 20.

Slidable in the bore 20 is a push rod 30 in the form of a sleeve member the top of which lies adjacent the bottom of the keeper 24 while the bottom lies adiacent the trigger I6 as shown clearly in the drawings.

A means is provided for connecting the push rod or sleeve to both the keeper and the trigger which consists of a retaining member 32, preferkeeper. Extending through the push sleeve is a continuous flexible band, such as a rubber band 34 which is looped as at 36 about the strap 32 and further looped as at 38 about the trigger Hi.

In practical operation, when the trigger is depressed, the push rod or sleeve urges the keeper 24 out of the socket I8, the keeper assuming a horizontal position as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2. The rubber band 26, of course, is released or shot from the gun in this position. After the band leaves the gun, the trigger returns to its original position as shown in solid lines in Figure 2 pulling the keeper 24 back into the socket l8 for reloading.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a gun having a barrel portion and a handle; a means for shooting a rubber band comprising a socket in the barrel portion adjacent the handle, a vertical bore extending through said barrel portion and communicative with said socket, a keeper positioned in said socket, the rubber band being adapted to be retained on the front end of said barrel portion and on said keeper, a push sleeve slidable in said bore, an elongat d flexible trigger secured at one of its ends to the barrel portion, and flexible connecting means between said keeper and the other end of said trigger yieldingly urging said keeper and said trigger toward each other, said push sleeve embracing said connecting means and retaining said keeper and said tri ger spaced at a predetermined distance, wherebv upon de ression of said trigger said push sleeve will urge said keeper out of said socket to release the rubber band.

2. In a gun having a b rrel portion and :a handie: a means for shooting a hubber band comprising a sock t in the. barre adi cent the handle, a kee er po itioned in sa d socket. the rubber band bein ada ted to be retained on the front of the barrel portion and on said keeper, an elongated flexible trigger secured at its forward end to said barrel portion, a flexible member securing said keeper to said trigger, and a means slidably carried by said barrel portion and actuated by a depression of said trigger to urge said keeper out of said socket and release the rubber band.

3. The combination of claim 1 wherein said connecting means includes a strap in said keeper and a continuous flexible band extending through said push sleeve, said band being looped over said strap and the trigger respectively.

WALTER. L. BOZARTH.

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